Fastening for gloves



(No Model.)

W. B. H. DOWSE. PASTENING PQR G'LoVBs.

Da-508,604. Patented Nov. 14, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM R. II. DOwSE, OE NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AssIeNoR To THE CONSOLIDATED yEASTENER COMPANY, OE PORTLAND, MAINE.

FASTENING FOR GLOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.V 508,604, dated November 14, 1893.

Applicationled July 29, 1893. Serial No."4=81,838| (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. H. DowsE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Newton, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Fastening for Gloves and other Articles, of which the following is a'f ull specification.

My invention relates to that class of fas` teners wherein there are two main parts,-a

socket member and a stud member,-and con-- sists of an improved socket member, the construction of which is hereinafter described in detail.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 shows the two parts of my socketl member before they are attachedto the material of the glove or other article. Fig. 2 is a horizontal Cross Section through my improved fastener. Fig. 3 is an assembly of my improved fastener attached to the material, showing the socket member in section, and the stud member in elevation. view of the stud member.

In my improved fastener I preferably emi ploy any common form of non-resilient stud,

having a sharply deined'neck in combina'V tion with a resilient socket member, which is provided with a spring latch adapted to ven-AV gage with the neck of said stud when the two members are pressed together.

In Fig. 1 the two parts of my socket mem-` ber are shown,-the cap A which rests on top of the material, and the socket proper B, which rests on the inner side of the material. The cap A consist-s of three pieces. The cover a forms the cap proper, and has its outside.

edge turned down and over the edge of the washer` c2, which ts inside the cover and connes beneath it the anvil plate a. The eyelet B has an upright barrel, which, when the two plates are pressed together with the material between them, pierces the said material, is spread outward by the anvil plate'a, and clinches beneath the washer a2, thus firmly riveting the two pieces together on the material. Below the barrel the eyelet preferably flares outward forming the chamber O, the shoulder b', and the flange b2. Over this ange is turned the edge of the collet plate Fig. 4 is aY C, which covers the bottom of the eyelet, and confines between itself and the shoulder b the latching plate D.

The collet C is perforated at its center, so that the stud may easily pass through. The

latching plate D, confined in the space between the top of the collet and the shoulder b', but capable of lateral movement in said space, is perforated with a hole d the same size as that in the collet C, through which the stud Ymay pass when the two holes are concentric.

The'latching plate D is preferably of the shape shown in Fig. 2, having one edge out off to make room for the curved springE, which constantly urges the latching plate to one side of the confining space, thus bringing the hole CZ eccentrically over the hole in the collet. It will be seen that a latch is thus formed, for when the rounded end of the stud M is pushed through the hole in the collet, it

A will force the latching plate over until the two holes are concentric, and after the ball of the stud has passed up into the chamber O the latching plate will snap back by virtue of the spring E into its eccentric position, the edge of the holes d engaging with the neck of the stud' and holding it firmly in place.

I preferably give the neck of the. stud a smoothly rounded surface, so that the latching plate will not grip it too securely and prevent its being drawn out of the socket when desired.

wM. E TH. DowsE.

Witnesses:

E. H. GILMAN, FRANK G. PARKER. 

